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44 Plasma <strong>KCE</strong> Reports 120<br />

• Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: <strong>in</strong> children and <strong>in</strong> adults present<strong>in</strong>g<br />

a high r<strong>is</strong>k of bleed<strong>in</strong>g or for those await<strong>in</strong>g surgery<br />

2. Neurological <strong>in</strong>dications<br />

• Guilla<strong>in</strong>-Barré syndrome, <strong>with</strong> specific criteria<br />

• Chronic <strong>in</strong>flammatory demyel<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP), <strong>with</strong><br />

specific criteria<br />

• Multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN), <strong>with</strong> specific criteria<br />

3. Other <strong>in</strong>dications<br />

• Kawasaki d<strong>is</strong>ease<br />

• Treatment of the toxic shock syndrome (TSS) due to streptococcal<br />

<strong>in</strong>fections<br />

Table 19: Indications and reimbursement by pharmaceutical specialty of<br />

<strong>in</strong>travenous immunoglobul<strong>in</strong>s, Belgium, as of October 2008<br />

Indications / brand product Sandoglobul<strong>in</strong> Multigam® Gammagard®<br />

of immunoglobul<strong>in</strong><br />

®<br />

a Octagam®<br />

Nanogam®<br />

Primary immune deficiency<br />

conditions (specified)<br />

I, R I, R I, R I, R<br />

Multiple myeloma and chronic<br />

lymphocytic leukaemia<br />

I, R I, R I, R I, R<br />

Paediatric AIDS R I, R I, R I, R<br />

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic<br />

purpura<br />

I, R I, R I, R I, R<br />

Guilla<strong>in</strong>-Barré syndrome I, R I, R I, R I, R<br />

Kawasaki d<strong>is</strong>ease R I, R R I, R<br />

Allogenous bone marrow<br />

transplant<br />

I, R I, R I, R I, R<br />

Treatment of septicaemia <strong>in</strong><br />

preterm and neonates<br />

R I, R (2002)<br />

Treatment of toxic shock<br />

syndrome due to streptococcal<br />

<strong>in</strong>fection<br />

I, R<br />

Chronic <strong>in</strong>flammatory<br />

demyel<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g<br />

polyradiculoneuropathy<br />

I, R (2002) I, R (2003)<br />

Multifocal motor neuropathy I, R (2002) R (2008)<br />

Rheumatoid polyarthrit<strong>is</strong> I<br />

For humoral immune deficiency I (R for above<br />

I (R for above<br />

follow<strong>in</strong>g cytostatic treatment <strong>in</strong>dications)<br />

<strong>in</strong>dications)<br />

I: <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>dications<br />

R: reimbursed <strong>in</strong>dication (date of <strong>in</strong>troduction of reimbursement)<br />

a: <strong>in</strong>terpretation of the <strong>in</strong>dications that are labelled <strong>in</strong> these general terms: “used <strong>in</strong> the<br />

substitution treatment of primary and secondary immune deficiencies, as for the prevention of<br />

<strong>in</strong>fections result<strong>in</strong>g from these immune deficiencies. Used <strong>in</strong> the aim of modify<strong>in</strong>g or controll<strong>in</strong>g<br />

the immune response <strong>in</strong> many d<strong>is</strong>eases.”<br />

<strong>The</strong> l<strong>is</strong>t of reimbursed <strong>in</strong>dications per brand product has also evolved over time. <strong>The</strong><br />

neurological <strong>in</strong>dications CIDP and MMN have been added <strong>in</strong> the l<strong>is</strong>t of reimbursed<br />

<strong>in</strong>dications <strong>in</strong> July 2002 for Sandoglobul<strong>in</strong>® and later for Multigam® (CIDP <strong>in</strong> 2004 and<br />

MMN <strong>in</strong> 2008). For each patient <strong>with</strong> CIDP or MMN, there <strong>is</strong> a maximum<br />

reimbursement of 9 g/kg per patient every 6 months, after a positive cl<strong>in</strong>ical evaluation.

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